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Dish No. 57: Bot Chien Trieu Chau at Tu Do

September 3, 2010

​Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, Fork in the Road’s handy list of some of our favorite dishes — old standbys and new finds alike — compiled daily.

Today’s pick: Bot chien trieu chau ($5.95) at Tu Do.

Tu Do
102 Bowery
212-966-2666

Man, if you like taro — an easy-to-grow brown tuber cultivated in tropical climates around the world — you’ll love bot chien trieu chau. The taro sticks seen in the picture are soft and surprisingly light, like french fries, only creamier. The recipe involves miring them in a matrix of egg and rice flour, making a sort of cross between an omelet and a pancake. After cooking, the dish is strewn with fried shallots, providing crunch and extra flavor, and furnished with a bowl of a red-wine-vinegar dipping sauce.

Tu Do is a recently relocated Vietnamese restaurant in Manhattan’s Chinatown, and it’s one of the city’s better Vietnamese restaurants.